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Date

2008-08-16

Match

Argentina OT

Netherlands OT

Result

2 - 1

Yellow

2 - 2

Red

0 - 0

Penalty

0 - 0

this match

overall

Our marks

7.3

7.1

Your marks

7.3

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Reporter's marks

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Style:

This game was more similar to a WC or continental Cup than the previous that I saw. So it was more difficult. Marrufo kept it under control.

Other reports for this match (1)

1) report by Vim Brillo

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Style:

well done. maybe red for Pareja.

Jair Marrufo matches

'13-03-26 Panama - Honduras (2 - 0)'12-09-07 El Salvador - Guyana (2 - 2)'12-08-15 Canada - Trinidad and Tobago (2 - 0)'12-06-09 Argentina - Brazil (4 - 3)'12-05-18 Jamaica - Guyana (1 - 0)'12-03-31 El Salvador OT - Honduras OT (2 - 3)'12-03-27 Honduras OT - Trinidad and Tobago OT (2 - 0)'12-03-23 Honduras OT - Panama OT (3 - 1)'11-09-20 Monterrey CF - Comunicaciones CSD (3 - 1)'11-09-02 Canada - St Lucia (4 - 1)'11-08-03 Olimpia CD - Santos Laguna (2 - 1)'11-06-09 Costa Rica - El Salvador (1 - 1)'11-02-22 Columbus Crew - Real Salt Lake (0 - 0)'11-02-09 Mexico - Bosnia-Herzegovina (2 - 0)'10-09-30 F.A.S CD - Olimpia CD (1 - 4)'10-03-03 New Zealand - Mexico (0 - 2)'09-10-30 Argentina u17 - Nigeria u17 (1 - 2)'09-10-26 Algeria u17 - Italy u17 (0 - 1)'09-10-10 Costa Rica - Trinidad and Tobago (4 - 0)'09-09-29 D.A.U. - Isidro Metapan (6 - 0)'09-07-07 Jamaica - Costa Rica (0 - 1)'09-06-24 New England Revolution - Kansas City Wizards (1 - 1)'09-04-01 Costa Rica - El Salvador (1 - 0)'08-10-22 San Fransico FC - Luis Angel Firpo (2 - 3)'08-10-11 Honduras - Canada (3 - 1)'08-09-30 Deportivo Saprissa - Marathon (2 - 1)'08-09-17 Impact de Montreal - Joe Public FC (2 - 0)'08-09-06 El Salvador - Haiti (5 - 0)• '08-08-16 Argentina OT - Netherlands OT (2 - 1)'08-08-13 Cote d'Ivoire OT - Australia OT (1 - 0)'08-08-07 Korea Republic OT - Cameroon OT (1 - 1)'08-06-21 Costa Rica - Grenada (3 - 0)'08-06-06 Brazil - Venezuela (0 - 2)'08-03-30 Cayman Islands - Bermuda (1 - 3)'08-03-14 Canada OT - Haiti OT (1 - 2)'07-10-17 Fiji - New Zealand (0 - 2)'07-10-17 Fiji - New Zealand (0 - 2)

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FIFA OLYMPIC GAMES 2008 1/4 finals:
Argentina OT - Netherlands OT, 2 - 1. Shanghai, Shanghai, China, 2008-08-16

It wasn´t a perfect job, and of course, he made mistakes. But Marrufo did it OK when he - and his assistants - had to decide in the situations that could have influenced the final result.

Dutch goal
When Bakkal scored, the first optical impression was that he was off-side. But he wasn´t, and it was a legal goal and a good decision by Marrufo and his lineman. That assistant - I think it was a man from Jamaica - flagged a lot during the whole match, sometimes OK, sometimes badly. I don´t remember about the other lineman, which means he didn´t do anything terrible.

Things
The American referee didn´t get impressed by a Di Maria fall in the Dutch area, but following FIFA rules, he should have booked him. He was strict when booking Messi - correctly, however - but he allowed the Netherlands´ No. 13 ( Jong-Pin?) to hit and kick the Argentinians midfielders once, twice, three times, and... nothing. Pareja yellow was unquestionable.

Game
Argentina won in the extra-time, but the Dutch could have won twice at the end of the 90 minutes. It´s always difficult for the Argentinians to defeat the Dutch. But Argentina has got Messi, and he made the difference.

From our reporter: Sheriff